S-nitrosylation of thioredoxin mediates activation of apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1.
Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK1) was recently discovered as a typical member of the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase kinase kinase family, which induces apoptosis by activation of c-Jun-N-terminal kinase/ p38 MAP kinase pathways. In normal cells ASK1 is directly inhibited by thioredoxin (Trx), a 12-kDa protein ubiquitously expressed in all living cells, which has a variety of biological functions related to cell proliferation and apoptosis. Here we found that purified Trx is sensitive to S-nitrosylation. Stimulation of HEK-293 cells with S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO) for 2, 4, 8, and 16h also caused Trx S-nitrosylation, which showed straight correlation with ASK1 activation based on Western blot detection of the enzyme, immunoprecipitation assay, and measurement of its catalytic activity. These results suggest that S-nitrosylation of Trx induces ASK1 activation. Treatment of cells with N-acetyl-cysteine for 2h after 8h of pretreatment with GSNO caused an increase in glutathione and nullified ASK1 activation.[1]References
- S-nitrosylation of thioredoxin mediates activation of apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1. Sumbayev, V.V. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. (2003) [Pubmed]
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